The 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 takes place Sunday afternoon, and pole-winner Ed Carpenter leads the other 32 drivers vying for a place in history.
Indy 500 starting grid 2013: Carpenter, Munoz, Andretti in Row 1
A look at the complete lineup and starting grid for this Sunday’s Indy 500.
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Joining Carpenter in Row 1 are Carlos Munoz in second and Marco Andretti in third. Carpenter is the first American to claim the pole position since 2006. Row 2 consists of EJ Viso in fourth, AJ Allmendinger in fifth and Will Power in sixth.
Dario Franchitti, last year’s winner and three-time Indy 500 champion, starts in Row 6 in 17th place with Scott Dixon, a former Indy 500 winner himself, in 16th and Takuma Sato in 18th.
Helio Castroneves, also a three-time champion of the Indy 500, begins this year in eighth, sandwiched by Ryan Hunter-Reay in seventh and James Hinchcliffe in ninth.
Here’s a complete look at the starting grid for Sunday’s race (courtesy Wikipedia):
| Row | Inside | Middle | Outside | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |  Ed Carpenter | 26 |  Carlos Muñoz (R) | 25 | Marco Andretti |
| 2 | 5 |  EJ Viso | 2 | A. J. Allmendinger (R) | 12 |  Will Power |
| 3 | 1 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 3 |  Hélio Castroneves (W) | 27 |  James Hinchcliffe |
| 4 | 4 | JR Hildebrand | 98 | Alex Tagliani | 11 | Tony Kanaan |
| 5 | 22 |  Oriol Servià | 19 |  Justin Wilson | 7 |  Sebastien Bourdais |
| 6 | 9 |  Scott Dixon (W) | 10 | Dario Franchitti (W) | 14 |  Takuma Sato |
| 7 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | 16 | James Jakes | 77 | Simon Pagenaud |
| 8 | 60 | Townsend Bell | 8 | Ryan Briscoe | 78 |  Simona de Silvestro |
| 9 | 21 | Josef Newgarden | 15 | Graham Rahal | 6 | Sebastián Saavedra |
| 10 | 55 | Tristan Vautier (R) | 18 | Ana Beatriz | 63 | Pippa Mann |
| 11 | 41 | Conor Daly (R) | 91 | Buddy Lazier | 81 | Katherine Legge |
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